The Death of a Greek Lover Patrick Moore and a full-color illustrated jacket

and a full-color illustrated jacket

and she finds herself going for broke

how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others

We're in the hands of an author with a big mind

She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America

The Death of a Greek Lover Patrick Moore and a full-color illustrated jacketA landmark work dedicated to the author's partner, this set of linked poems explores love and loss through the lens of myth, faith, and art. Heavily influenced by the work of C. P. Cavafy, Plante's paen to his beloved will stay with readers long after the last verse. In 1965, the novelist David Plante met the poet and editor Nikos Stangos, with whom he lived until Stangos's death in 2004. Over those years, Plante learned Greek and immersed himself in